Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages.
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2. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the functionalized template is distributed.
3. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 2, wherein the functionalized template comprises a plurality of slides.
4. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 3, wherein the plurality of slides comprise design layers, design elements, and content containers.
5. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 4, wherein one or more of the containers of the functionalized template calls a functionalized media asset during a communication generation process.
6. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 5, further comprising a compiler to integrate the selected functionalized media asset into the container of the selected functionalized project template to generate the communication, the compiling being based on coding associated with the functionalized template and media asset.
7. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 6, further comprising a formatter for formatting the communication based on a plurality of electronic distribution formats, the plurality of electronic distribution formats comprising advertisements formatted for display on a web page and advertisements formatted for display on a mobile device.
8. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 7, wherein the formatter configures the communication in an electronic distribution format, the electronic distribution format being selectable from a set of an electronic mail, a web page, an electronic brochure, a text ad, a mobile ad, an in-stream ad, an in-video ad, an animated video file for display, an animated file dynamically matching a user's geographic location with content the user is viewing for display, an expandable video file for display, an animated file for display on a plurality of devices.
9. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 8, further comprising a distribution program for broadcasting the communication based on one or more coded elements, at least one of the one or more coded elements pertaining to a keyword.
11. The online advertisement generation system in accordance with claim 10, wherein the compiler is configured for autonomously integrating the at least one selected functionalized media asset with the at least one selected functionalized online advertisement template to generate the one or more communications.
12. The online advertisement generation system in accordance with claim 11, further comprising a distribution program for targeted and autonomously broadcasting of the online advertisement over the Internet, wherein the distribution program uses keywords or other data for targeted broadcasting.
13. The online advertisement generation system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the formatter formats the online advertisement in one or more of a plurality of electronic distribution formats, the one or more of the plurality of electronic distribution formats comprising advertisements formatted for display on a web page and advertisements formatted for display on a mobile device; and the distribution program is configured for distributing the online advertisement in at least one of the plurality of electronic distribution formats.
14. The online advertisement generation system in accordance with claim 13, wherein the keywords or other data is from a social network, a geographical location determining system, or a web site or webpage.
15. The online advertisement generation system in accordance with claim 14, wherein the keywords or other data comprises data determining a look and feel of a website and the online advertisement is generated based on the look and feel.
17. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 16, wherein the functionalized template is distributed.
18. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 17, wherein one or more of the containers of the functionalized template calls a functionalized media asset during a communication generation process.
19. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 18, further comprising a compiler to integrate the selected functionalized media asset into the container of the selected functionalized project template to generate the communication, the compiling being based on coding associated with the functionalized template and media asset.
20. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 19, further comprising a formatter for formatting the communication based on a plurality of electronic distribution formats, the plurality of electronic distribution formats comprising advertisements formatted for display on a web page and advertisements formatted for display on a mobile device.
21. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 20, wherein the formatter configures the communication in an electronic distribution format, the electronic distribution format being selectable from a set of an electronic mail, a web page, an electronic brochure, a text ad, a mobile ad, an in-stream ad, an in-video ad, an animated video file for display, an animated file dynamically matching a user's geographic location with content the user is viewing for display, an expandable video file for display, and an animated file for display on a plurality of devices.
22. The multimedia communication system in accordance with claim 21, further comprising a distribution program for broadcasting the communication based on one or more coded elements, at least one of the one or more coded elements pertaining to a keyword.
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